25 Plans and explanations
Hiroto is accompanied by Fugaku and Kakashi after they left the Hokage's building.
"Uncle Fug..." Hiroto wanted to ask why Fugaku did what he did.
"Not here Hiroto, first let's go to your home" Fugaku interrupted.
Hiroto could only accept and sometime later they reached the house trying to ignore rumors about Naruto.
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Hiroto's house
Fugaku entered the house like countless times before to see Mikoto coming from the kitchen, Itachi and Shisui trying to entertain the toddlers.
Fugaku saw the blonde kid for the first time closely and noticed Minato's dominant features on the kid, he watched as the blonde kid run to Hiroto and smile now he saw Kushina in that smile.
Fugaku was forced to turn his head away when both of his sons greeted him.
A few minutes later,
" Mikoto look after Sasuke and Naruto, everyone else follow me. You too Shisui" Fugaku said.
"Hiroto can we move to your office?" Fugaku asked.
Hiroto nodded and lead the way. Hiroto looked as Kakashi closed the door and Fugaku opened the desk drawer, activating a fuinjutsu seal.
" This fuinjutsu is Hiroko's handiwork, he let me in on this secret when he is constructing the house. He should have a whole other lot of other seals too, maybe you can look into it later" Fugaku said to his bestfriend's son.
Hiroto listening to this made a mental note to search for all books related to fuinjutsu in the house. Meanwhile, Shisui is surprised to see Fugaku have anything but a stern expression on his face.
Hiroto stood by side with Fugaku sitting on the front of the desk leaving the main chair empty.
Hiroto observed as Fugaku looked around the room scanning Kakashi, Shisui, Itachi, and Hiroto.
"I know everyone has questions but hold on to them till I have completed what I have got to say" Fugaku said with a commanding tone.
"I trust everyone in this room and I believe you are mature enough to know what to do and figure out your next steps" Fugaku said looking at Shisui and Kakashi.
The Uchiha patriarch continued " All this is the domino effect caused by Uchiha Madara, after his death in the hands of the First Hokage. Senju Tobirama took the Hokage hat, he always saw the Uchiha clan with vigilance except for Uchiha Kagami his student. Third Hokage and Shimura Danzo inherited the same vigilance from their sensei, while the third hid it Danzo didn't even bother to hide his distrust".
After a pause continued "This didn't bode well with many Uchiha clan members, so many planned a coup d'etat. I tried to make them see another way, many members even did until the Hokage and his band of council members removed my candidacy from Fourth Hokage. Thanks to Minato, with his aid I managed to make the ones in support of the coup d'etat refuse the plan. After Minato's death, The eyes which are full of hope are filled with anger, and the voices which supported me said with louder voices agreeing to coup d'etat with me leading them".
Fugaku gave a few seconds for everyone to digest all the new information and continued "Naruto is a very powerful variable just due to his lineage, add in the Kyuubi he has the potential to wipe out nations. Danzo wanted this power for himself, the Hokage don't want Naruto to aid us in case of a coup d'etat. After all, because of Hiroto, Kakashi might become an ally to the Uchiha. The village always needs new seedlings to become a very strong tree, luckily for him, he found a chance. Lord Third is very adept at politics so he jumped at the chance of bringing up Naruto under his wing, if Naruto stood by lord Third's side he removes everyone standing in this room from his opposite side. If my guess is correct the third Hokage wants to groom Minato's son as his successor hell he might've even guessed Danzo to make this move".
The room was filled with silence for a few minutes,
" What side do I stand on Fugaku-san?" Shisui asked breaking the silence.
Fugaku thought for a moment and replied "Before he was certain you were on his side. Now he'll observe and decide your standing because of you attacking Anbu for Naruto".
"Doesn't the other clans know what Hokage is doing, Father?" Itachi asked his father.
"Some clan heads have an idea but the others don't care like Nara Shikaku as long as the village and his clan are not involved" Fugaku said his opinion.
"But if the coup happened won't the village be in turmoil?" Hiroto asked as he still had some naive thoughts.
"That's the thing Hiroto it didn't happen. How many people don't have wild ideas? Will you act on every crazy idea of yours? Hokage will try to snub the idea once it starts to gain momentum, but he will only call for action if they are a step away from the attack with surprise to his favor" Fugaku enlightened the kids.
"You are explaining the slyness of Lord Hokage. What about you Fugaku-san? What moves did you make using this veil?" Kakashi asked.
"HAHAHA... These are the times I see Sakumo-san in you. These past few years some of the clan members are aggressively promoting the coup's idea. I don't believe there isn't a hand behind these people. So I trusted Yakumi one of my most trusted people to look into this matter taking advantage of the attack on Danzo by choosing these troublesome people to lead the charge in attacking Danzo. Thanks to the attack I also increased my prestige in the clan gaining further clout to my opinions henceforth." Fugaku answered.
A few moments later
"Can anyone tell me about the dark clouds phenomena?" Shisui asked raising his hand.
Fugaku looked at Hiroto at that question, after getting the latter's agreement he shared all he knew about Hiroto.
"I can also use adamantine chains now" Hiroto showed his chain taking advantage of the moment along with Naruto's knowledge of his mother's name.
"Now that this is done with, I have to give Naruto bad news" Hiroto said in a dejected tone.
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Hiroto saw Naruto and Sasuke trying to help Mikoto with cooking, and both the kids approached their respective older brothers.
Hiroto kneeled to Naruto's eye level and said "Naruto I have to drop you at the orphanage tomorrow".
"Did I do anything wrong, brother?" Naruto asked nervously trying to stop his tears.
"NO, NO! You didn't do anything wrong Naruto. It's just brother couldn't protect you and look after you as I am a kid myself. Don't worry I will come to see you every day and every few days you can come here. It will be our little secret." Hiroto said hugging his younger brother tightly.
Sasuke wanted to say something not willing to lose his first friend but was silenced by Itachi's hand and a look from Fugaku.
Hiroto introduced Kakashi, and Fugaku to Naruto but the Asura's reincarnation just greeted them and stuck close to Hiroto like a koala.
